The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

Lessons are not given, they are taken.

The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

We never remember days, only moments.

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

It's pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.

Early sign of getting lost is fear.

Cultural change works orders of magnitude faster then genetic change. Stephen Jay Gould

After he was assassinated, his family and the men who had served him continued the lying and began the destruction, censoring and hiding of JFK's medical records.

Right now at the announce table we've got two kings and a queen, I'll let you figure out who's who.

Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

Truly, a little love-making is a very pleasant thing.

Tell me a story then...keep me occupied." "A story?...What makes you think I can tell a story?" "Insight," said the king, "Go on.

I had started doing theater in high school, and while I was doing that, I got my manager.

As a kid I learned notions of art and notions of not having any money.